Comments on: Help! My MBR got messed up and I can’t run Windows? http://www.bestpcrepairs.com/questions-and-answers/help-my-mbr-got-messed-up-and-i-cant-run-windows.html Best System Repair Software and Registry Cleaners Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:20:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: yad http://www.bestpcrepairs.com/questions-and-answers/help-my-mbr-got-messed-up-and-i-cant-run-windows.html/comment-page-1#comment-622 yad Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:36:03 +0000 http://www.bestpcrepairs.com/questions-and-answers/help-my-mbr-got-messed-up-and-i-cant-run-windows.html#comment-622 Boot to recovery console again with the Home Edition cd and try the FIXBOOT command. If booting to the Recovery Console with the Home Edition and using fixmbr or fixboot didnt work,use the Ubuntu to copy your files and do a factory restore. Find the instructions on your PC maker support website on doing a factory restore without a disk. If it is preinstalled it will have a restore sector. Boot to recovery console again with the Home Edition cd and try the FIXBOOT command.
If booting to the Recovery Console with the Home Edition and using fixmbr or fixboot didnt work,use the Ubuntu to copy your files and do a factory restore.
Find the instructions on your PC maker support website on doing a factory restore without a disk.
If it is preinstalled it will have a restore sector.

]]> By: Daryl S http://www.bestpcrepairs.com/questions-and-answers/help-my-mbr-got-messed-up-and-i-cant-run-windows.html/comment-page-1#comment-621 Daryl S Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:56:53 +0000 http://www.bestpcrepairs.com/questions-and-answers/help-my-mbr-got-messed-up-and-i-cant-run-windows.html#comment-621 You can't download an MBR. An MBR is on your Hard Disk. You really need to get hold of an XP installation CD and go into Recovery Console. Once RC is started, you will need the administrator password to get in to do any work on the computer. When you have full access and are into RC, type the following FixMBR The fixmbr command is a Recovery Console command that writes a new master boot record to the hard disk. You can’t download an MBR. An MBR is on your Hard Disk. You really need to get hold of an XP installation CD and go into Recovery Console. Once RC is started, you will need the administrator password to get in to do any work on the computer. When you have full access and are into RC, type the following

FixMBR

The fixmbr command is a Recovery Console command that writes a new master boot record to the hard disk.

]]> By: Madman6510 http://www.bestpcrepairs.com/questions-and-answers/help-my-mbr-got-messed-up-and-i-cant-run-windows.html/comment-page-1#comment-620 Madman6510 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:36:56 +0000 http://www.bestpcrepairs.com/questions-and-answers/help-my-mbr-got-messed-up-and-i-cant-run-windows.html#comment-620 Find a website that has real DOS boot disks, download one and put it on a floppy or burn it to a CD. Boot your computer with it and type in fdisk /mbr and it will fix it. Find a website that has real DOS boot disks, download one and put it on a floppy or burn it to a CD. Boot your computer with it and type in fdisk /mbr and it will fix it.

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